Description
A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.
Published: 2022-03-09
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7704 A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00015}

epss

{'score': 0.00022}


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Fedoraproject Fedora
Kexec-tools Project Kexec-tools
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.203Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20269

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-10T17:41:27.460

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:14.960

Link: CVE-2021-20269

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20269 - Bugzilla

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